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Originally Posted by The Seed
This question might seem ignorant but...
What exactly is the point of the scam? They don't ask for bank details or such, so what could they even do with those details that they are asking for?
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Not at first. They start off with the initial email and then once you reply something goes wrong at there end and they ask you to send money to help bribe an official or clear the money so they can send it to you.
That keeps happening until your skint (if you are a real moron) or you start to question it and they then disappear.
One web page said that in 1997 the FBI had reports of $100m being paid to people on this kind of scam and thats only what was reported.
However you would need to be extremely stupid to fall for it, but some people really believe or are desperate enough to think you can get something for nothing. (the only people who get away with that are the scammers)
